Matches and Misfits

I wanted to write a How to Series ---
so to start with :
How to identify matches and misfits for a project in an IT organization.

Everbody is winner Its just some are disguised losers ...at that period of time.

In IT to identify misfits looks easy

1)Does not meet the required technical/functional skills ..if thats the case then you will have a lot of misfits..
The questions to be answered is Can the person be trained ,mentored and motivated to achieve the skill/Compentancy?Do you/or your lead have the patience to do so?Also consider the objective/schedule/risks/costs of the project?

Bottom line is you can always help the people achieve the technical skill required provided they want to LEARN!...So there is always a trade off .We need to understand the Cost Benefit .

2)Does not have the ATTITUDE... Attitude is everything...is IT??
Its how you see and measure this Attitude as it can vary from time to time.
Though there are tests like IWAM,PAPI,pschyometric tests,pjm tests, etc..Its very difficult to judge this.The point is getting it right for the job that is being offered.


Simple Characteristics of Matches
Willingness to Learn and do
Abilty to seek solutions given a difficult problem
Looks for details
Logical skills
Technical skills
Communication skills
Team player
Honest
Sincere
Commited
can meet the project requirment
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The level and degree of the characteristics may vary from interviewer to interviewer.
Note Those of us that conduct interviews are people too. We have our PERCEPTIONS – good, bad and ugly. The difference is we decide who is a match and whose not!!! in otherwords we decide who gets the Job.All the above simple characteristics can be measured by asking the right questions depending on the requirement.